chuck rouse hal goss
Lawyers spend their careers helping clients grow businesses and navigate hurdles along the way. Some firms are so focused on clients that they don’t always stop to strategize their own business future. That’s why it caught some by surprise this fall when two heavy hitters — Rouse Frets Gentile Rhodes LLC and White Goss PC — decided to stop competing against one another. They joined forces instead to expand their…
menees family dentistry
When patients call Menees Family Dentistry, they must be specific about which Dr. Menees they want to see. That’s been the case since 1968 when Robert Menees Jr. joined his father, Robert Menees Sr. in the practice Menees Sr. had founded in 1946. Today, Menees Jr. practices with his daughter, Dr. Laura Menees Moore. For Moore, keeping the family business going into the third generation is a labor of love…
potion yarns
Johanna Miller is a lifelong knitter. Starting at age 6, Miller took a break from the craft before returning to it at 19. “I like it because I get really fidgety when I don’t have something to do,” she said. These days, Miller has plenty to keep her busy—working as a full-time hairstylist and running Potion Yarns, her own hand-dyed yarn business. Miller started her company in 2016 with the…
nickel and suede
Kilee Nickels was working at Gap Kids when she noticed that something was missing from the retailer’s apparel line. “They sell a lot of cute clothes with belt loops but no belts,” Nickels said. “I thought, ‘This could be cute, and no one else is doing it.’” Nickels went to work for herself, making leather belts for children at home and selling them online. That business eventually folded, but not…
After operating a free clinic on the weekend for years, chiropractor Dong Chang Lee was confident he could help even more people if he started his own full-time business. The question was, would anyone help the South Korean immigrant? Lee, the founder of Lohan Chiropractic and Acupuncture in Kansas City, Mo., is one of more than 7,000 immigrant entrepreneurs in the metro area. According to data from the Greater Kansas…